Pretty your Christmas packages in minutes with these step-by-step instructions for making a layered ribbon bow. Skip the expensive store-bought bows this year. This festive layered bow is so easy to ...

We're all about repurposing! Use the extra cardboard from your last-minute gift deliveries to decorate your wrapped Christmas gifts. This reused gift topper is easy to make and adds a farmhouse touch ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Romans invented the crossbow, but after this promising start, it ...

Say you have a team of French engineers, a lake in the summer, a wizened old machinist, and some gigantic bungee cords. What would you build? The answer is clear, a human-launching crossbow. (Video, ...

I noticed there weren’t many decent tutorials for making a paper crossbow (or paper gun) that didn’t use rubber bands, so I created one. It’s quite durable and should last a long time as long as it ...

Here’s some fun you can have at home with little to no effort: make a mini crossbow from a bottle cap, two popsicle sticks and a rubber band. You can fire off flaming arrows, toothpicks, skewers, ...

Curious if he could, [Gignathiosis] decided he wanted to try building his own crossbow. So he did. He built the entire weapon using hand-tools, minus a drill for the holes, though he could have gotten ...